IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN073019
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN073019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JR8019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23326
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.9721000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0089028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet west and 600 feet north of the southeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Osterholz and Hunt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ade variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JR80191
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80192
    B21—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80193
    B22—58 to 112 centimeters (22.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80194
    B23T—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80195
    C1—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80196
    C2—165 to 190 centimeters (65.0 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; friable; 3 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # JR80197
    3R—190 centimeters (74.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.